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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Vicia sativa subsp. sativa |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | vetch; tare; tare-vetch; tare vetch; tare-tyne |
| Species common name(s) | garden vetch; common garden vetch; field vetch; common field vetch; cultivated vetch; common cultivated vetch; common cultivated tare; pebble vetch; pebble-vetch; pebbel-vetch; pebble tare; pebble fitches; golden tare; winter tare; winter tares; introduced common vetch |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | narrow-leaved vetch, narrow leaved vetch, narrow leafed vetch, narrow-leaf vetch, narrowleaf vetch are more commonly applied to subsp. nigra (Vicia angustifolia); broad-leaved vetch, broadleaved vetch, winter vetch, spring vetch, spring-vetch, common spring vetch, common vetch, common tare, cow vetch, cow-vetch, white vetch, wood vetch, Eurasian vetch, Oregon vetch, fodder vetch, lentil tare, lentil-tare, are applied to multiple Vicia taxa; wild-pea, wild pea, wood pea are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa; sweetpea, sweet-pea, sweet pea are more commonly applied to Lathyrus; tares, tiresome-weed, tiresome weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
